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Kingdom of Gibeon

Gibeon is the wealthiest, and most influential kingdom in The Kingdoms, if not in the known world.

The lands of Gibeon are fertile, and the climate quite mild making it a land of abundant farmlands, and in the central highlands there are a lot of vineyards that produce some very fine wines that are traded throughout the world.

Still, the one thing that makes Gibeon the force that it is, is the fact that the Church of Light has it's main temple in the city of Echelon the Great. It was there, on a hill overlooking the straits of Light, that Eru himself came down and met with Falthorn the First, and gave him the words that would become the Book of Light, and the foundation of the Church of Light. Now pilgrims come from all over to have a chance to visit the great temple which was later built on the hill.

Echelon is also the crossroads between the east and the west, and is a major trade center of its own.